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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-02
SENATOR JONES.
some Say He is Insane and Others Not
His Own Opinion


DETROIT, MICH, Nov. 20 NO steps
locking to judicial Investigation as to
the state OF Senator Jones' mind have
yet been taken. The friends OF Mr..
Jones who are opposed to the investiga-
ton say it will not take place, while those
who have been urging such q course per-
sist that it is The Wisest thing to be done
under the circumstances. This differ
en- e of opinion has resulted in creating
two factions, che advising heroic meas
ures to induce the Senator TO leave De-
troit or practice his profession, the other
opposing this. They hold it ridiculous to
think OF hauling man up as insane
VINO has, troubled no one and simply
chooses to stay IN Detroit. A good deal
OF feeling has been aroused between
these adverse parties. Both have sd
yanced money to Mr.. Jones. To q re-
porter Mr.. Jones said SIT is strar ge @
man VINO has seen as much of the world
as l have, should be compelled TO receive
advice from some who are seeking to
govern my course. Who should know
better than I what is best to be done or
understand the reasons for doing it =?
1t will eventually be shown that
am acting for the best"
TO another the Senstor said his purpose
for remaining in Detroit would be attain
ed within year, and that he would re-
turn to Florida before the expiration of
that time. l.. Hickey, said to be an in
tiuential friend of the family from Pensa.
cola, arrived last night, and another ef-
fort will be made to get the Senator
away from Detroit. If il fails then legal
proceedings will be commenced. The
physicians who were with the Senator
Saturday have informed j. B. Jones, the
son, that they are ready to sign certif-
cate Of insanity to the Probate court.
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THE COUNCIL Gagged.
City Officials OF Lincoln Jailed for Con.
tempt OF Ooart.

CitY Omcials or Lincoln jailed for Con-
tempt OF Oosrt.
LINCOLN, NEB., Nov. 29.-Mayor Saw
yer and ten or twelve members OF the
City Council of this city are incarcerated
in the Douglass county Jail at Omaha, by
order OF Judge Brewer of the United
States court, they having refused to pay
fines imposed by the court for contempt
sggregsting $500. The history of the
case is IS follows: In July charges were
preferred against Police Judge Parsons by
number OF citizens, alleging mslieesahce
in Office and misrepresentation of funds
psid into his hands as fnes for
violation of city ordinances. The Council
decided 10 look into the affsfrs
of the police judge. This was done and
the investigation resulted in determine
ticn on the part of the council to GUST the
police judge. After the council had de-
cided upon this action, but before &
vote declaring the Office va ant
had been taken, the police judge applied
TO Judge Brewer OF the Federal court for
an Injunction, alleging he was being tried
for alleged offenge against ex post fscto
law. A temporary injunction was served
on the council, but that body belev-
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-02
TARIFF Reduction.
The Members of the Fiftieth Congress
Unanimous That There Must Be
a Reduction of the Revenue.
A Disposition on All Sides To Agree To
Any Reasonable ComprOmise-The
Weight Of Presidential Influence.
Cieysisnd VIII this Winter Mark Out
the Plan OF AIS Own Campaign.
THE ERA OF REFORM.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 90 The represen-
tatiyes who met in the hotel Hobbies last
night, and those at the capitol to-day, all
agreed that there must be reduction of
the revenues this winter. Nearly every
member OF Congress who has reached the
city thus far, has in some way expressed
this opinion. Mr.. Randall! is the only one
who has refused to say anything st sill on
the subject, and his silence indicates eau
| ton rather than opposition to the reduc-
! ton OF the revenue. The men who have
| been making the hardest fight for tariff
reduction are more hopeful than they have
ever been before. A n<picuous thing is
their feeling Of liberslity and disposition
to agree to
ANY SORT OF REASONABLE COMPROMISE
oy which they can get part of what they
have been working for. They do not ex-
pect very much, measured by what they
would like, and they are reaGy to yield
considerable in the interest of harmony
The elements OF difference between the
situSti0n now and at the beginning Of
last session are that the demand for the
reduction of revenue in some Way is so
general that it is believed the safety of
the party depends upon Yielding to it,
that the President earnestly urges and
wall use nis best influence to secure such
& reduction, and that the tariff reformers
are not asking anything like SO much IS
they did
TWO YEARS AGO.
The influence Of the President is looked
upon bY some 8s vague, Intangible thing,
By some It is thought to mean patronage,
by some is is thought to mean nothing.
The weight Of Mr.. Clevelapd's influence
il this instance lies in the fact thst he is
conceded BY his party to be IS good IS
renomiuated. He is actually q candidate
IN the tield. The fight in 1888 must be
with him, and the tariff will be the main
issue. His policy must be the policy of
the party, and it is believed that there
will De this winter & general disposition
to lei him work out the plan Of his Gown"
campaign. AS the acknowledged head O?
the party, there will be good strong patty
reasons
FOR FOLLOWING him
and great responsibility ia opposing |
him. 1t is believed by many of the |
Democratic members that as liberal 8 |
bill as possible, leaning as much as may
De to the protectionists in the party, will |
be reported to the House, and the issue |
will De made "for or against the admins |
tration." The iberality of the bill is re-
lied upon to make the members more |
willing to obey the party whip.
TEXAS PENSIONS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The following
Texas pensions were issued to-day: Mex
can war, Rebecca Ann, widow Of John
5. Singleton, Mountain Peak; Mexican
war, James Cox, Lampasas; Johu A.
Muncrief, Rio Grande City; John Q. 4.
2sY, Blepco.
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DISCOUNTED NEGROES,
The Late COlOred Rioters In Louisiana
Returning 10 Work Very Much De-
nIorsIi2ed Over Their Defeat.
II Is Probable the Report Of Thirty killed
in Wednesdays affray Was Not
an Exaggsration
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Nov. % Quiet has
prevailed in Thi0odeaux to-day, but the
town is St'n guarded by the vigilautes,
who have sentrits stationed on every road
leading to il. There Sre but few negroes
yet to be seen, the majority being
still in hiding IN the Woods
snd swamps. Two OF the %gsgro
leaders returned to Thibodeaux TO-DAY
to get their families, but were run by
the whites. One Of them Solomon wiz
liams surrendered TO the sheriff and asked
to be protected, and the sheriff declined
to lock him up as there was no charge
against him, and refused him protection,
and Williams
FLED BACK TO THE WOODS.
The militia to-day visited sill the neigh
boring plantations and found many of
the negroes 81 work, but very much de-
mOralized. The planters declare thew
have lost more than third Of their crop
already on account of the strike. Efforts
are being made by the Coroner to fnd .
number CT the negroes killed in the fight
Monday. The deaths in town have
been twelve. To-day the bodies of three
dead negroes were found in 8 thicket on
the Rieze plantation. They had evidently
been shot IN Wednesdays ARRAY, crawled
In the thicket and died there. 1he dis
c0Very Of these and other bodies render
it probable that the stories told by the
negroes Of thirty dead may not &c exsg-
gerated.
There was some excitement today in
Houma, thirty miles from ThibodeeuN,
over the possibility of riot, and the
turned out and armed sentries
are now guarding the town.
Some excitement was also caused in
Morgan City by the receipt by the ne
groes OF large number of rifles. The
militia will remain az Thibodeaux till all
excitement is over. -
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After tho psmocrsttc Natlona al Oonzen,inr

@-A0- t1IO u cslIU NtAbHUltAI UHFbNILOh
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. ga number of
prominent Democrats OF st. Louis held q
meeting at the Office of Mayor Francis
this afternoon to consider the matter of
bringing the national Democratic conven
tion.to st. Louis next year. The subject
was discussed at length and committee
was appointed to 60 to Washington to
confer with the national committee when
it meets in that city February 2. A strong
letter will also be sent to the Congress
sional delegation from Missouri urging
them to use all their influence in behalf
of St. Louis.
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A Postal releeraph company

BosToN, MASS, Nov. ga petition
has been fled with the Secretary of State
for presentation to the Legislature, signed
oy Chester Snow and others, for fncor.
porstion as Postal Automatic Tele-
graph Company with the object Of build
ing line across the continent from New
York to San Francisco. The company is
to be incorporated with e capital Of So
GOO 600 and authority to increase it to
$40 600 900.
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Chtcago Anarchists RabId Circular.

CHICAGO, ILL, Nov. 29.-The ansrch-
lists of this city have prepared a rabid
circular for distribution among the work
iDgmen here. 1t is headed with the
single word "Fight." The circular de-
nounced the anarchists trial and execu-
ton, and declares that nothing but force
will win. 1t urges preparation for the
revolution" ."Whoever joins u.s." says
the circular, "must take all the conse-
quences upon himself aud must be ready
to sacrifice everything for the cause, even
should il be his life"
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-02

Ark, and Rev. G. G. SHUT, the Methodist
minister, goes to his new work We re-
greet to part with these ministers, as they
have been faithful workers aud have made
many warm friends in our town and sur
rounding country.
The boom continues. All that is now
needed for the building boom is the COM
plesion of the railroads, SO thst lumber
can be had without hauling from Waxa-
hachie.
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MercnrE Dot of Sight.

ST. PAUL, MINI, Nov. 27.-Some re-
markable temperatures throughout the
northwest are reported in the signal SER
vice bulletin issued here at IL O'Clock last
night. All the following are below zero:
st. Vincent, Mum, 22'; Fort Garry, 22o
Fort Totten, l8'; Bismarck, 16'; Chey-
enne, To-; Fort Custer, 100; Fort Assina-
boine. 2s'; Fort Buford, 18'. at st Paul
and Duluth the corresponding obserVa-
ton indicates s. above.
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Special to the Gazett,

Special 20 the Gazette.
WACO, Tex, Nov. 30.-The State vs..
Ed Neph, for murder, resulted in a mis-
trial. The jury could not agree on ver-
dict. j. C. Brookshire, charged with
horse theft, was acquitted. TherState vs..
Buck Reagan, for theft, is on trial.
Nj. William Edmonds, late associate
editor OF the GIobe-Democrat, has re-
turned to Waco.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-02

The wisest are nosalwsys 60; the great
make great mistakes. Int there csn be no
mistake made in usiax Warmers Log
Cabin Rose Cream,Tif Spu want to rid
yourself OF that n6lsome Eatarrh. The
disease yields tosts power atonce. soc.
All druggists.
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Five People Killed and Many Injured
in the Collapse of the CoIorsd
Peoples Hall at MineoIa.
Many StOrehouses Partially Destroyed
and Great Damsge Done the Town
by Wind and Rain.
The Mercury Creeps Down to Twenty-Eight
Below Zero In Dakota-Snow and Ice
Reported ALI Over Texas.

IRON Lne southwest sGruck the town
blowing down negro hall, killing
TOM HARDEMAN, colored boy.
RUDE GARREL and JACK WILSON, both
colored men.
JIM SMITH,
HENRY ELI,
| SAM BRANCH and
Willis ROBERTS, all colored, ere seri-
ously hurt.
The building, q tWo-story frame, is a
total wreck. 1t is probable that several
more are in the debris.
J The stores of S. R. Bruce & Co., N. S.
Sodekson & Co., j. G. Bromberg, B. F.
Reade & Co., H. NJ. Page and L, A. Den
son are partially unroofed and the stock
damaged by rain.
The residence of Albert Wolf was
blown down, but the family were unhurt.
THE MINEoLA CYCLONE.
! Special to the Gazette.
MINEOLA, TEX Nov. 27.-The bodies
of two more victims of the cyclone which
occurred Saturday night have been
found. The complete list of the dead is
as follows:
Tom HARDRNAN, colored boy,
JACK WILSON,
REUBEN GARRETT, males, and
FANNY EVANS and
ROE BENSON, females, all colored.
A dance WAS in progress at the time
and fifty or seventy men, women and
children were in the hall. Several were
bruised and some two or three had leg
or arm broken, and several escaped
without scratch. To view the rough
mass of timbers and rubbish it seems
have gotten out unhurt. Piles OF tin
roofing from store houses and lumber
from awnings are scattered ell over the
town and portions of tin roof weighing
400 pounds was carried 800 yards and
deposited on the roof of a dwelling
house.
The following store houses were I'M
rooted and otherwise damaged and stocks |
81 goods injured by the rain which was !
falling in torrents. The loss is approx
mated as follows:
r. P. Glenn, general merchandise, loss
$4,000.
L. A. Dixon, grocer, $4,000.
William Page, grocer, $500.
I. G. Bromberg, general merchandise,
$4,000.
Ms. Sodekson, general merchandise,
$4,000.
B. T. Read Co., general merchandise,
$1,000.
Thomas Breen, hardware, $500.
F. P. DoWell, liqzors and cigars, $50.
The dwelling houses OF Vance Green
and Tom Ely, colored, were completely
demolished. Vance Green and wife ran
out OF their house with some Of their
children. leaving the baby in the bed The
mattress was carried fully fifty feet with
the child'snd dropped to the ground with
out waking it.
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Italy.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
ITALY, TEX, Nov. % -Messrs. Springer
& Neel have their new store nearly COM
pleted. They will soon open business
in it.
DR.. D. D. Swindoll, Baptist minister,
leaves as in few days for Dardanelles,
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The Santa AIMS Coleman county,
News says: "The farmers are surprising
the chronic "drouth grumblers'' by the
immense quantity of cotton they ere haul
ing to the gin daily"
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majorities in elections until the votes are
cast, but am perfectly satisfied with the
outlook"
ATLANTA GOES WET.
ATLANTA, GA, Nov. 26.-After the
most heated contest on record in the
state Of Georgia, Atlanta to-day voted
against prohibition.
The flight has been a peculiarly bitter
one. For over month psrtisars have
beeR engaged in the contest
Meetings have been held at all places and
local speakers and foreign statesmen
have stumped the country from almost
every curbstone in the city and every
crossroads in the country. Early in the
campaign the Pros leased & warehouse
and fitted it up with seats for 5000 peo-
pie. Almost nightly that building has
been filed, and such scenes OF
wild enthusiasm are rarely Sc ep
Almost every minister in the city
preached prohibition from his pulpit
Sunday after Sunday. Both sides had
full campaign funds for their respective
causes. The negro vote has been the
bone of contention and IVES
the balance of power. Each side
made great efforts to secure
i. in every way possible. The ne
groes were considerably divided on the
subject, though the majority of them
voted with the ants.
One Of the features of the contest has
been the active part taken by
MANY WOMEN OF THE CITY.
Several Of the churches organized
from among their female
members who took an active part in toe
They organized men of the
;olored churches into societies, and met
WITH them and prayed with them day
after day. The result of their
work was shoHn today by the ap-
Ct q large number of women
It the polls with blue ribbons. They
served hot coffee and sandwiches at every
polling place ard conducted prayer
meetings sid singing crusades in the
open air. Fulton county, in which At
anita is located, voted two years ago on
he came question and went for prohi-
o!tion by q majority of 22S
9ut of tbout 5000 votes. The
this time exceeded that
If last year by 1000 votes.
The principal fight made on pro during
he campaign was that It did not prohibit
md that drinks could be openly pur-
biased throughout the city from who
'ver paii taxes to the United States
for the sale of whisky.
Thousands of gallons had been
ent in each month from
ities around Atlanta, from which it was
Utmost as easy to get jug as it was at
he bars in the city. The ants claim that
injured the city, which had
'een receiving $50, 900 year in whisky
license, without decreasing in the slight |
St the amount of whisky sold in the city.
The Pros, on the other hand, claimed
AtlHnta has never had prohibition; that
Ghile it was so voted two years ego,
censes then existing, some of them
id not expire until almost a
ear ago and since then the domestic
line clause in the local option bill al
owed many places in the city by which
le law could be easily evaded.
This was, however, remedied by the
lst Legislature, which put e license Of
1000 on all wine rooms, which license
i'll go into effect after January l. The
lty has become "wet" by probably a
mall majority. Great enthusiasm pre-
sils on the streets.
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Icaespening the price Of TIE WEEK
Il GAzETTE it is the determination TO i'm
F'N us Vclae TO all classes Of readers
@'ig It's attractions Will be-
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Z. Z OUWtIIi Hq aoIs anu ClgHEsj S5U.
The dwelling houses OF Vance Green
and Tom Ely, colored, were completely
demolished. Vance Green and wife ran
out OF their house with some Of their
children. leaving the baby in the bed The
mattress was carried fully fifty feet with
the child'snd dropped to the ground with
out waking it,
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The following
Texas pensions were issued to-day: Mex
lean war. Rebecca Ann, widow OF John
S. Singleton, Mountain Peak; Mexican
war, James Cox, Lampssss; Johu A.
Muncriet, Rio Grande City; John Q. a.
B3y, BlaDco.
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The Difference Marked,

The editorial of the Minneapolis Tribune
which appears in our Geographic columns,
is so gross that we cannot believe that any
decent American could have written it.
Much can be pardoned in the heat of po-
litical rivalry, but even in the severest cam
paigns the domestic circle has been spared.
The people have watched the schoolgirls
elevation to the position of mistress of the
whitehouse. They have seen her assume
her high station with a dignity which re-
fected honor on American womanhood.
Their pride in her success shows itself
in the enthusiasm which greets her where
ever she goes. And it is reserved for the
land where futile blooms to insult this
queenly American woman.
Ten years ago the wife of a president visit
ed the south. Her husband held his title by
fraud, and represented policy underwhich
the south had been plundered of her sub
stance and robbed of her victory at the bal.
lot-box. Yet Mrs. Hayes received genuine
homage wherever she went. In Atlanta she
was received with all the honor to which
the lady of the white house was entitled.
The south had cause for anger, yet did
not forget the respect due a lady. The
west has none, yet Minneapolis can produce
such q monstrosity as the Tribune.
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a correspondent, who says that he is a
regular attendant at church, writes to in
quire whether recent exhibitions of rancor
and denunciation in the pulpit are not GER
tain signs of decline and degeneracy. We
take pleasure in reassuring our correspon-
dent on this point. The pulpit is not only
as pure as ever it was, but it is more power
full. Where one preacher rants and de-
nounces, ten thousand preach the religion Of
Jesus Christ Where one preacher uses
sheet-iron thunder, ten thousand call atten-
ton to the gospel of love, mercy and charity
which our Saviour preached.
Our correspondent appears to be anxious
to make the same mistake about the preach
ers that the Rev. Mr.. Gambler, of Nashville,
made about actors and actresses. 1t is al
ways mistake to make sweeping jUdg-
ment Because there are some bad men
and women on the stage, it does not follow
that all men and women on the stage are
corrupt. Because one preacher, or even ten
preachers, make the pulpit the theater of
denunciation, and dip their tongues in gall
and bitterness, it must not be supposed that
there is a tendency among ministers to in
dulge in that sort of thing.
On the contrary, the great majority of
preachers of all denominations appear to
have consecrated their lives to teaching the
essons of love, mercy and charity.
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An Old Murder Unveiled.

There is intense excitement in New Eng
land over the arrest of David Stair Tor the
murder of ]. W. Barron, the treasurer OF
the Dexter, Maine, bank.
The murder occurred nine years ago.
Barron was found in the bank vault one
morning so seriously wounded that he was
unable to tell how the bank had been rob-
bed or who had assaulted him. He died i'll
a few hours, and it was rumored that his IN
iuries were self-inficted, and that be had
committed suicide to cover his own ilregu-
larities. His family has rested under this
stigma for nine years, and it is probable that
the murderer would never have been dis
covered if his own son, Charles Stair, had
not broken down under the weight of his
guilty secret, and made a confession throw
inc the burden of the crime upon his IA
ther.
1t is understood that young Stairs confess
sion is supported by other evidence, and his
father will in all probability be convicted.
The old maxim, ''Murder will out" is sig
nally illustrated in this case, but we have an
alarming number of murders in this country
where the zeal criminals are never found.
Still, it is encouraging to. have an old affair
like this one unrayeled. If it conyinces the
rising generation of toughs that murder is a
dangerous business it will do some good.
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A Strnnrc Trim.

On the last day of September Mr.. Joseph
B. Murphy, young merchant of New York,
mysteriously disappeared. A few days ago
he returned, and the story told by him Of
his adventures is so remarkable that it is
worth summarizing.
1t appears that Mr.. Murphy one day re-
ceived an accidental blow on the left side of
his forehead. He felt some pain, but did
not regard his injury as serious, and stepped
into a saloon, where he took a drink of
whisky, the second that he had taken that
day. Then he walked into Baxter street,
where he lost all consciousness. When he
came to himself. lie was in a hospital in New
Orleans. The next day he was discharged,
and, having no money, he worked his way
on boat to St. Louis He arrived in New
York only to find that during his absence a
creditor had levied on his goods and closed
his store.
Mr.. Murphy is still unable to remember
anything about his trip to New Orleans, but
his physician thinks that when his health is
restored his memory will revive. 1t is the
doctors theory that at the moment Murphy
lost consciousness New Orleans was in his
thoughts, or the words perhaps attracted his
attention on a sign or advertisement. Sev-
eral similar cases have occurred during the
past year, and physicians are beginning to
study them. 1t is thought by many that the
disappearance of Conant, the editor of uar-
per's Weekly, some three years ago, be-
longs to this peculiar class of adventures.